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l H; E. SMITH. Clothes-Supporting Apron for AIroning-Machimes.

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NME r HAMILTON E. SMITH,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-SUPPORTING APRON FOR lRONlNGIVIACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,565, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed November 7, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAMILTON E. SMITH, of the city, county, and State ot' New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Supporting Aprons for Ironing-Machines, which improvement is fully ser forth in the following spcciiieation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure Al represents a longitudinal section of an apron embodying myinvention. Fig.2 is a plan or top view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section ot' the same. Fig. 4 shows a modification.

Similar' letters indicate corresponding parts.

llIyinvention relates to aprons t'or supporting or carrying the clothes around the cylinder in ironing-machines; and it consists in an apron constructed ot' a exible back combined with transverse fibrous or textile face-sections, and rigid shoes for sustaining the face-sections upon the back so that the apron obtains a soft or yielding` surface and remains spread.

or extended in breadth without losing its flexibility.

Another feature is to make the shoes with a dovetailed cross-section, in order to retain the face-sections therein and to increase the flexibility of the apron, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the back; B, the face-sections, and O the shoes.

I make the back A of woven fabric or. of leather or other flexible material, and in this example it is divided into three sections, which are joined by the shoes O.

The face-sections B constitute the top or working surtaee ot' the apron, and consist of elongated blocks ot' felt or other fibrous or textile fabric of, say, three-fourths of an inch in width, while they extend side by side transversely to the apron, in which position they are held by the shoes O. The slices O grasp the `tace-sections B, and I make the same of sheet metal or like rigid material, while I fasten them in the proper position upon the back A by rivets l or other suitable means.

The face-sections B impart to the apron a sott or yielding surface,and by the shoes C these tace-sections, aswell as the back A, are kept stretched transversely to the apron, so

that the latter remains spread or extended in breadth, while at the same time. owing to the comparatively narrow width and the arrangementof the shoes, the flexibility of the apron is notthereby impaired. Y

I"'bend the sides of' the shoes O inward, thereby giving the same a dovetailed shape in cross-section, as shown. One advantage gained by thus 'shaping the shoes is that the face-sections I3 are retained therein without the aid otl any extraneous fastenings; and another advantage is that a diverging space is created between the shoes, which allows the latter to lie or fold upon each other as the apron is bent in passing around the cylinder ot` an ironing-machine, thereby adding to the fiexibility ot' the apron. As the apron passes around the cylinder those portions ot' the face-sections B which are above the shoe O are compressed upon each other, thus forining a surface which is practically continuous and solid.

In some cases I join the shoes C by means of double-pointed tacks or links c, Fig. 4, passing through the back A, with the view to prevent the latter from stretching between the shoes.

If desired the back can be made of sheet metal or other rigid material, with hingejoints between the shoes, so as to render it tlexible.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An apron for ironing-machines, consisting of a tlexible back combined with fibrous or textile tace-sections, and rigid shoes for sustaining the face-sections upon the back, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. An apron i'or iioningmachines, consisting of a fiexible back combined with fibrous or textile face-sections, and rigid shoes having a dovetailed cross-section for sustaining the HAMILTON E. SMITH.

Witnesses 4W. HAUFF,

E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

